Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is an RPG developed by Game Freak for the Nintendo DS. It was first released in Japan in 2006, and then in 2007 it was released for the rest of the world. Diamond and Pearl are the fifth installment of the Pokemon franchise and has sold 18 million copies since its release. It exceeded its predecessors Ruby and Sapphire by 1 million copies, and Fire Red and Leaf Green by 3 million copies. Despite their similarities Diamond and Pearl are seperate games from one another.

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These extra features allow more game options. They are not required in order to complete the main quest of the game; however, these options give more for the gamer to play with the game. The WiFi option gives more trading and battling options while the Pokemon Contests are to give another sidequest option.

These aspects of the game are simply gadgets that help make the game easier on the gamer. They are all available during the game and the trainer will eventually aquire all of these items. The use of the items are not required to complete the main quest.